Who’s actually hiring and where are the jobs? Experienced recruiters representing two markets report on the openings that are really out there and what those in the hiring seat are looking for in their next employee.

Rod Colon, former Senior Vice President for Human Resources at J.P. Morgan and a mentor for the “New U” UNITY: Journalists of Color Entrepreneurship Program, tackles how early- and mid-career professionals can find happiness when their job path zigs instead of zags.

There’s no better (or envy-inducing) feeling than seeing younger professionals with sweet jobs at some of the best organizations. A handful of today’s shining stars will discuss how they landed their current jobs, what mistakes they made along the way, and how they made themselves stand out among hundreds of other candidates.

Join Knight-Mozilla’s Dan Sinker for an hour long discussion about the impact of open source code in newsrooms and what’s compelling a growing number of news apps developers to share their code back out with the community in the form of open-source projects.